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World music resources

One of our goals is to provide links to some of the many open and online resources that are related to the teaching and study of music. These are not exhaustive, but may provide starting points for research or reading. They are not meant to stand alone and, in some cases, require significant introduction and contextualization in the classroom.

Items labeled “Teaching” and some others (like “Virtual Fieldwork”) are primarily intended for instructors. Others are resources that people have used as assigned reading/watching/listening in their undergraduate classrooms.

Please note that these items do not go through the same review process as World Music Textbook contributions. If you would like to add any resources, suggest a bibliography, have any concerns about a resource, would like to edit or add to a resource description, or find a broken link, please email the editors.

Resource listing

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  • 2026

    Out of the Archives

    Jennifer Fraser

    From the project: This exhibit is dedicated to getting instruments out of the archives, where they languish rarely used, little documented, and relatively unknown. By mounting both a physical and digital exhibit in connection with the class, MUSY100: Introduction to Ethnomusicology taught by Professor of Ethnomusicology and Anthropology, Jennifer Fraser, we aim to share these instruments with the world.

    Archives / Musical Instruments / Teaching

  • 2024

    Accessible Appalachia: An Open-Access Introduction to Appalachian Studies

    Lisa Day, Jacob Johnson / Eastern Kentucky University Libraries

    This open access textbook covers a range of topics related to Appalachian studies, including arts, culture, history, natural resources and environmental justice, and health. Relevant for music classes are the three chapters on music: "The Making of Appalachian Music," "Fiddle and Banjo Music of Southern Appalachia," and "Unaccompanied Singing Traditions of Southern Appalachia" are three contributions from Esther Morgan-Ellis.

    Ethnomusicology / Heritage / North America

  • 2023

    Digital Heritage GY: Protecting Our Future with Our Past

    Rohan Sagar

    This digital heritage project collects multimedia content related to Guyana. Included materials include images (including instruments, sheet music, and similar content) as well as audio and video of performances, demonstrations, and other relevant contributions. Each is tagged with rich metadata.

    Heritage / Latin America

  • 2023

    Stories of Indigenous Oberlin

    Sundance, Jennifer Fraser, and Megan Mitchell

    From the project: The history of Indigenous people in this place now called “Oberlin” is woefully undocumented. Stories of Indigenous Oberlin offers redress by collecting and sharing oral histories of Indigenous individuals who live in or have connections to Oberlin and nearby areas, including those connected with Oberlin College & Conservatory. By sharing a nuanced picture of what it means to be Indigenous today, the project refutes Indigenous invisibility and erasure from the historical record and counters dominant narratives that Indigenous people are of the past or only live on reservations. Each narrator here recounts their stories of survivance (survival and resilience) in the face of colonization and its attempts at assimilation. By highlighting local Indigenous voices, we hope to help build a more equitable world that upholds Native sovereignty and celebrates the original and current Native inhabitants of the lands where we reside.

    Heritage / Indigeneity / North America

  • 2022

    Mark Slobin

    Mark Slobin

    This resource by ethnomusicologist Mark Slobin includes fieldwork and research on music from Northern Afghanistan, as well as interviews about the fieldwork experience.

    Religion / Central Asia